The social context of smoking among African-American and white adolescents in Baltimore City

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 211-225

  Gittelsohn, J ^a   Roche, K M ^a   Alexander, C S ^a   Tassler, P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Qualitative research; Smoking; Social context; Urban

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGRO; PARENT; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034778061     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850120078134     Document Type: Article

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